All Ages & Abilities (AAA) Cycling Network - New Route In North Jubilee Neighbourhood

Planning is underway for the next phase of corridors in the All Ages and Abilities (AAA) cycling network. The City is currently seeking input from residents, businesses and commuters on options for a AAA route in the Jubilee neighbourhood. 

Three options are being considered and one will be selected as a preferred route for priority investment. Public and stakeholder feedback will be collected between August and October 2020. To learn more and weigh in on options and preferences, visit the Cycling Network page on the City’s engagement portal at engage.victoria.ca. There you’ll find a virtual introduction video and links to additional resources and a short survey. 

Later this fall, the City will be rolling out full-length designs for further input, based on launching consultation on four additional corridor designs. Stay tuned to the Engagement Portal for updates or request to be added to the City’s Active Transportation email list by emailing engage@victoria.ca.

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New Regional Home Retrofit Program - City Of Victoria

We are excited to let you know about a new climate action program kicking off in the CRD that may be of interest to homeowners who live in North Jubilee. The program supports homeowners through the process of making their home more climate friendly, reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, and to motivate others in the community to do the same.

The Bring It Home 4 the Climate (Bring it Home) program was created to engage and support homeowners and organizations who are interested in being agents of change by reducing the energy consumption and carbon footprint of their homes and by taking steps to motivate other homeowners to do the same. Bring It Home helps homeowners take the next step, regardless of where they are in their retrofit journeys, and aims to lower the barriers to conversation and action.

The program offers three main benefits to participants:

  • Free Virtual Home Check-Up – Help for translating your personal and household goals into climate-friendly home improvement solutions

Participants will also become part of a supportive community of people taking action to make their homes climate-friendly and have the opportunity to share their story to be highlighted on the website and social media.

If you have any questions or are interested in discussing the program further, please let us know.

John Ho

Community Energy Specialist
Engineering and Public Works
City of Victoria
1 Centennial Square, Victoria BC  V8W 1P6

C 250.886.6836  F 250.361.0311

Prevent Fires: Keep Household Hazardous Waste Out of the Landfill - Capital Regional District - Environmental Services

Prevent Fires: Keep Household Hazardous Waste Out of the Landfill

If you are doing some clean-up around your home and yard, ensure that you are doing it safely and disposing of household hazardous waste properly. Old chemicals, cleaners or other hazardous products don’t belong in the garbage, where they can create serious problems and potentially spark landfill fires. While most of these fires are quickly contained by staff, there’s always potential for a fire to grow to an unmanageable level, especially in the dry summer and early fall, before winter rains arrive.

In the capital region, the majority of landfill fires are caused by these items:

Household batteries – These contain heavy metals like lead, cadmium, zinc, manganese and lithium that can be re-used if they’re recycled properly. Drop your batteries off for free at one of more than 50 locations across the region that collect these items for recycling – visit Call2Recycle.ca to find the location nearest you.

Household electronics – Electronics that contain most of these batteries are also easily recyclable – both at the Hartland Landfill recycling depot and at various other community sites.

Hot tub and pool chemicals – The only safe place for pool chemicals is in your pool or hot tub. Unused or expired chemicals can be dropped off at Hartland Landfill for free, keeping them out of the landfill and away from potential fire sources. 

If you have an item that you are unsure of, simply bring it to the Hartland public drop-off where staff have experience safely identifying and dealing with potentially hazardous items.

To learn where you can drop off these items and many others, visit www.myrecyclopedia.ca. To learn more about household hazardous waste visit crd.bc.ca/hhw.